It’s true. I did. In fact, I had a pretty colorful stretch of employment between ages 18-24 where I was fired twice, almost fired another time, and “my contract was not renewed” which in my mind was always higher ed speak for “fired”. Let’s start with high school where my brother helped me get a […]
I had the pleasure of sitting down with Derrick Boles who is an international motivational speaker. Derrick played basketball professionally and after his playing career was over, he found himself as a head coach of a program with a 25 year history of losing. In his first year, he took them to the final […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Brett Labit was my very first guest on the show about 11 months ago. He now has the honor of being my first repeat guest on the show. Listen to that podcast here: From professional purgatory to CEO. His business is Local Impact Zone or LIZ and it has had an “exciting” year. I […]
Greetings! If you pay for your auto insurance monthly and automatically out of your checking account we can save you a few dollars every month. If you select to get your bill via email it will waive the service fee on your bill. If you get a paper bill and pay automatically, the bill shows $2 service […]
This podcast is with Brian Wight who owns Dutch Bros. Boise and his story is incredible. He and his wife Libby opened their first stand when they were 23 years old and had 3 up and running during their first year. Most people don’t know how difficult this is and you can hear in […]
Permanent life insurance can be a powerful tool if used and understood properly. What people need to understand, is that the money in the cash account, can be “borrowed”. Why is this important? Why not just cash out the money instead of take a loan? One simple, mind blowing answer. You can’t tax a loan. […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]My Uncle sent me an article to read regarding the complexity of auto insurance rates and I thought it was a good read. For those who want to read it here it is. http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/car-insurance/auto-insurance-special-report/index.htm It is a good article and I totally agree that pricing has gotten overly complex. The insurance companies are dying to figure out […]
I am a proud graduate of Western Michigan University. I lived in the residence halls my entire collegiate career. All 5 1/2 years of it. I went to this school of 22,000 students without knowing a soul and was placed in a room my freshman year with 3 total strangers. Now it wasn’t my roommates […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I read an article today showing the rates in Idaho for Individual healthcare plans, are going up. Significantly. Blue Cross is taking an average of a 23% increase and Mountain Health Co-op is taking a 26% increase. Pacific Source on the other hand is taking an 8% decrease. Last year, based on all of the health insurance […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] This is an easy mistake to make and I have seen it again and again. A potential client comes in and says, “Give the cheapest thing you got for auto insurance”. I flat out will tell them, “No”. The cheapest thing I got, could end up being the most expensive thing you buy. State […]